Causes + Bosses
Advocacies, jobs, independence
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For once, I was chosen
“Why did you choose agriculture?” my professor asked me on the first day of class. Caught off guard, I paused.…
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Rest, you need it
Sometimes, we tend to overwork ourselves, not noticing that we are too exhausted to the point that we are slowly…
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Living with a s-s-stutter
I–I-I-I-I-I’m a stutterer. I s-s-stammer. I’ve always stuttered since I was a child. I wasn’t aware and conscious of it…
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A life sentence
As I drove, I passed various road signs with disparate faces of both warnings and safety measures. A John Denver…
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In love, service, and activism
Sometimes I ask myself: Is it futile to pursue the causes we believe in when our dreams seem too elusive?…
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I graduated. Now what?
Perhaps one of the greatest milestones a Filipino family could dream of is to witness a family member graduating. In…
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Lost with a degree
Four months have slipped by since I proudly walked across the graduation stage, my heart swelling with joy as I…
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Hope and change
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 15, 2008. Growing up in Manila, I was cynical…
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Quiet desperation
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 8, 2005. For the past months, I’ve kept a…
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